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Lauren Parren

Rethinking Learning - Barbara Bray - Free Chart - 3 views

barbarabray.net/free-chart

personalized pathways DI josie Rowland

shared by Lauren Parren on 18 May 12 - No Cached
  • Lauren Parren on 18 May 12
     
    Nice resources showing stages of personalized learning, as well as the differences between Personalization, Differentiation, and Individualization.
Jason Finley

Personalization vs Differentiation vs Individualization - 11 views

www.slideshare.net/...personalizedlearninchart

good teaching

shared by Jason Finley on 22 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Jason Finley on 22 Feb 12
     
    "There is a difference between personalization and differentiation and individualization. One is learner-centered; the others are teacher-centered."
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  • Jason Finley on 22 Feb 12
     
    Great chart to make you think about how we do what we do.
  • Anne Bergeron on 24 Feb 12
     
    Jason, Excellent chart - I have long appreciated the learning styles awareness inherent in differentiated instruction, but providing instruction in this way is highly teacher centered - and group focused. Feeding, encouraging, and developing students' individual interests spark the desire to learn and engage. I printed this chart immediately. Really appreciating your posts...personalization could be a "brand" for a school increasingly willing to transform in this direction. Anne
  • Jason Finley on 01 Mar 12
     
    Thanks Anne, The "brand" thing sounds very Corporate America to some, but I think that is is extremely important for schools...and not just because of the looming school choice issue. There is also a connection to community piece to this. To some it might come across as selling the school, where in actuality it is just the school identifying and clarifying what it sees as its mission and role in educating its students. I think that this starts with the perceptions and expectations of the community. What are those? Do they match the schools mission and action plan? ...They certainly should. Ideally when a school has an established brand it gives a sense of identity and pride in the school system by all stakeholders, provides a foundation and rationale for professional development, informs the community about what the school does well, gives students an idea of "Why?" to their education, and much more. Identifying and building a brand really is about moving away from the ambiguous and esoteric way we often speak of education and makes what happens in our schools clear, approachable, and embraceable to our communities.
  • Adam Rosenberg on 05 Mar 12
     
    Having participated in several differentiated instruction trainings, and seen strategies executed successfully by trained teachers, I've found that sound DI includes much of the content listed under 'personalization.'
  • Jason Finley on 05 Mar 12
     
    Completely agree Adam! The chart is a little perplexing at times in its definitions/examples. How the first is Competency-based and the others must be Carnegie Unit based comparison…I just don't get. What I do like about the chart is that it makes me reflect on how I do what I do. And also on, "Do I do what I say that I do?" Sometimes I feel like I might begin implementing a strategy one semester only to have my application of that strategy drift as time goes by. Every now and then I think that it is necessary to take a step back and question each piece of my own professional practice. This approach comes from my belief that we need to question and challenge everything...especially those things we most believe in.
  • Adam Rosenberg on 05 Mar 12
     
    Excellent point! Beliefs are like clothes. If we don't regularly take them off to wash them, we often mistake our own stench for what we perceive as someone else's.
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